As hospital pressure stabilizes, the government unveiled the timetable for the easing of restrictive measures on Thursday January 20. Follow here all the news related to the health situation in France and around the world.
2:39 p.m.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was forced to announce the postponement of her wedding on Sunday, due to new restrictions decided by her government to deal with the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic and its variant. Omicron.
“My wedding is not going to happen,” she confirmed, after detailing these new restrictions including a limit of 100 people, fully vaccinated, for any gathering or event.
1:02 p.m.
The Pacific islands Kiribati and Samoa, so far spared from the Covid-19 epidemic, have been confined since Saturday after the appearance of cases imported by travelers arriving from abroad.
Since the start of the pandemic and until this month, the Kiribati archipelago had recorded no cases of coronavirus and Samoa only two, according to the WHO
11:58
Twelve players and members of the management of Comoros have tested positive for Covid-19, including the only two goalkeepers available for the selection which is due to play in the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday against the Cameroonian host, the federation announced on Saturday.
08:54
Marlène Schiappa announced on Twitter this Sunday that she tested positive for Covid-19.
The Minister Delegate in charge of Citizenship explains that “as a result, I put myself in isolation and continue to perform my duties remotely”.
I just tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, I am self-isolating and continuing to perform my duties remotely.
MarleneSchiappa (@MarleneSchiappa) January 23, 2022
07:03
The city of Beijing announced on Sunday that it would screen all residents of a neighborhood after the discovery of an epidemic focus, less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital.
The city reported the first case of the highly contagious Omicron variant last weekend in a person who received a letter from Canada that authorities said carried traces of the virus. Since then, around thirty cases have been identified, some of which are linked to the Delta strain of the coronavirus. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) considers the risk of infection from contaminated surfaces to be low.
Fengtai District, located in southern Beijing, is the epicenter of the outbreak. As a preventive measure, all the inhabitants of the district will be screened from Sunday, local authorities said, after the announcement of six new cases.
Fengtai District has a population of around 2 million.